Blog #5

I don't think I would be able to go a year without all of my worldly possessions. It wouldn't be too hard for me to give up Facebook and my cell phone, but I wouldn't be able to go a year without my video games or watching football. I didn't even consider doing the extra credit challenge because I wouldn't be able to go a week without those things. I wouldn't even consider living in the woods because I don't want to end up like the guy from Into the Wild. If for some reason I was forced into the situation, I think I would learn a lot more about myself. I'm sure I'd find something not related with technology that I'd be completely interested with, like drawing or exploring the surroundings. I think that if Thoreau grew up in this day and age he wouldn't be able to do what he did. Technology has become apart of our daily life now. I'm sure there are people that would have no problem living a secluded lifestyle for a year it just really isn't for me. I don't let technology consume me or anything, but I do enjoy watching a movie or playing a video game from time to time. Technology has just become too important for what we do now that it would be hard to walk away from it all. All lot of people think technology doesn't play a big role in their life but it does. I'm sure everybody has something they do everyday involving some sort of technology, that they wouldn't be able to go without.